The Evening Mail (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Monday, 21 June 1909, p. 10, col. 1:
The death took place at the residence of his son, Dennis PETTIPAS, Jr., East Chezzetcook, of Captain Dennis PETTIPAS, in the 73rd year of his age. The cause of death was tuberculosis, from which malady Captain PETTIPAS had suffered for a long time. The deceased was a native of East Chezzetcook and was well known in this city and province. He is survived by three daughters, all of whom are residing in Halifax, also three sons.